Curran (logbasepotato)

Race #139

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Official speed 80.83 wpm (58.94 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 22, 2020 7:53:17pm UTC
Race Finish December 22, 2020 7:54:15pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. nerif (92.92 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 95.65
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It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.